"But then he uses an economic sleight of hand when he compares his best 27-month period with the first seven years of President Bush, ignoring the fact that Bush inherited an economy on the brink of a recession".

That's dishonest. And I'm pretty sure Obama is the first politician to cherry pick numbers to make himself look better.

But that really doesn't address the problem we face now. We went into a massive recession in 2008. We are out of it, for the most part, but still growing slow.

Posted by bad_luck on 9/25/2012 4:43:00 PM (view original):Bandow works for the Cato Institute. You might as well post a piece from Karl Rove.

Okay you don't like the author.
Can you poke holes in any of the facts?

The entire piece is such a cluster f, I don't know where to start. I philosophically disagree with just about every point he tries to make. Going through three pages of his BS so that you can not change your mind at all about anything is a huge waste of time.

"But then he uses an economic sleight of hand when he compares his best 27-month period with the first seven years of President Bush, ignoring the fact that Bush inherited an economy on the brink of a recession".

That's dishonest. And I'm pretty sure Obama is the first politician to cherry pick numbers to make himself look better.

But that really doesn't address the problem we face now. We went into a massive recession in 2008. We are out of it, for the most part, but still growing slow.

SO factcheck.org is reliable, except when it makes claims you don't like?

And the point isn't that plenty of politicians cherry pick numbers to make themselves look better, the point is that factcheck is supposedly a reliable source and THEY said Bush inherited an economy on the brink of a recession.

One of the biggest problems was the housing bubble, which began with Carter's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two programs accelerated under Clinton.

Posted by bad_luck on 9/25/2012 4:43:00 PM (view original):Bandow works for the Cato Institute. You might as well post a piece from Karl Rove.

Okay you don't like the author.
Can you poke holes in any of the facts?

The entire piece is such a cluster f, I don't know where to start. I philosophically disagree with just about every point he tries to make. Going through three pages of his BS so that you can not change your mind at all about anything is a huge waste of time.

So then Germany and Sweden DIDN'T enjoy strong growth?

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania didn't grow, while cutting government outlays?

You can't ignore facts just because you philosophically disagree with the points he is trying to make. Facts are facts.

"But then he uses an economic sleight of hand when he compares his best 27-month period with the first seven years of President Bush, ignoring the fact that Bush inherited an economy on the brink of a recession".

That's dishonest. And I'm pretty sure Obama is the first politician to cherry pick numbers to make himself look better.

But that really doesn't address the problem we face now. We went into a massive recession in 2008. We are out of it, for the most part, but still growing slow.

SO factcheck.org is reliable, except when it makes claims you don't like?

Posted by bad_luck on 9/25/2012 4:43:00 PM (view original):Bandow works for the Cato Institute. You might as well post a piece from Karl Rove.

Okay you don't like the author.
Can you poke holes in any of the facts?

The entire piece is such a cluster f, I don't know where to start. I philosophically disagree with just about every point he tries to make. Going through three pages of his BS so that you can not change your mind at all about anything is a huge waste of time.

So then Germany and Sweden DIDN'T enjoy strong growth?

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania didn't grow, while cutting government outlays?

You can't ignore facts just because you philosophically disagree with the points he is trying to make. Facts are facts.

How about we go back to your favorite source for the answer on the stimulus.